Neither Julian nor Haaland, the forward that Guardiola falls in love with in the Champions League

Manchester City managed to close the group stage of the UEFA Champions League correctly, where they finished first in their respective group. For this duel, the Spanish coach decided not to risk Haaland and Julian Alvarez, and at some point the game became more complicated than necessary. However, an unexpected player appeared who wins the heart of Pep Guardiola.

Guardiola's team set the pace of the match and opened the scoring thanks to an appearance from the right corner of the area and great definition by Micah Hamilton; The 20-year-old midfielder scored in his first game for Manchester City. Estrella Roja came close to equalizing but collided with Ortega Moreno and made an extraordinary double save against Ndiaye and Kanga.

City's response was with a goal. The Norwegian Oscar Bobb repeated an action very similar to the first, but with low definition, for his first victory in nine games with City. Red Star achieved its first discount thanks to Hwang In-Beom's goal, but Manchester City recovered the difference of two thanks to the penalty that Kalvin Phillips converted into a goal. First from the former Leeds with Manchester City. In the addition Red Star added pepper with Aleksandar Katai heading to 3-2.

Hamilton's record in Manchester

The names change, but the results remain the same in Guardiola's City. Without Haaland or Álvarez in the attack one would think that the goal would be unfinished business. Nothing is further from reality. Micah Hamilton made his debut with the Citizens and has already moved the nets to put his team ahead and get closer to the goal of full victories in the group stage. In addition, Hamilton takes Rashford's baton as the youngest English player to score a goal on his debut.